RETURN OF WINTER WEATHER TO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER LATE TONIGHT WITH THE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT. HIGHS THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE 20S IN THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN TO 70S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH BY THURSDAY MORNING FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST... WITH LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN MIXING WITH FREEZING PRECIPITATION DURING THE AFTERNOON. BY THURSDAY NIGHT THE MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN TO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND LOWER TRANS PECOS... AND WESTWARD TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION TOTALS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE PECOS RIVER... ALONG WITH SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH FOR THE THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS THURSDAY MORNING... BUT WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING AS ROADS BECOME ICY.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 02:34:49 +0000
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